Lewis will overcome his set back China.
Chinese GP, Lewis Hamilton October 8th, 2007. 5:16 pmLewis’ boy racer spirit overtook him in the chinese GP. Entering a death or glory race to the end with Kimi Raikonnen on very worn tyres saw Lewis retire, after ending up in the gravel on lap 31.
His Mclaren team have claimed responsibility, saying they held off changing to dry tires a lap too late thinking there could be further rain, but Hamilton has acknowleged his part in is own downfall on the way to the pits.
No Matter, Hamilton is confident he can still win, not since 1986 has the fight for the drivers title between the three favorites came down to the last race. When Alain Prost inherited the lead from Nelson Piquet and won, Nigel Mansells dreams were shattered when his left rear tire exploded.
Lewis now has to at least come third to win if Raikonnen is first and second place againsed his teamate Alonso. Hamilton as always will be aiming for first, and unless some major disaster occurs in the Brazillian GP, he has a very good chance of acheiving his dreams.
October 22nd, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Unlucky Lewis! It almost feels as though fate stepped in and decided ‘not today’. But after only 60 years of F1, we can’t have the rookie-winning-the-WDC-first-time-out record going so soon. Save that one for the another F1 legend to break in decades to come. Afterall, there’s got to be room for such a radical achievement by someone else when the inevitable happens, when you a surpassed yourself by the next F1 ‘great’!